“I would like to thank Representative Wolf for his dedication to the Commonwealth and her people whom he has served well and judiciously since 1981,” Salahi said in a news release.

"My political goals are sincere and motivated by a desire to once again serve the hard-working people of Virginia and genuinely represent them, their values, their concerns and their needs. I am well acquainted with the financial struggle and hardship many Virginians have been facing and have empathy and respect for the people who have somehow managed to tough it out in these challenging economic times," Salahi said.